Really? Every moment? I don’t know about your days, but there are moments in my day that I don’t always enjoy. Maybe in 20 years I’ll chuckle about the time I left Target in the rain, pushing a giant cart with two screaming kids inside after spending twice as much money as I’d planned to, or when my three year old drew with green marker on our beige couch just to see how it would look. But today…I’m not loving that part. Sometimes this makes me feel a little…guilty. Unappreciative.

I love my kids, and I love the time I spend with them. I know when I look back on these days I will remember the good and forget, or romanticize, the bad. But when you’re in the moment, parenting is hard work.

I loved this article. It made me feel better about the way I feel about being a mom sometimes. Hope you enjoy it, too! 🙂

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Sarah lives in eastern Connecticut with her husband, Dave, and their two sons, Nate and Joshua. She recently completed her Master's in Elementary Education at Eastern Connecticut State University and now works part-time as a museum educator at a local children's museum. While pregnant with her firstborn, Sarah was puzzled when more seasoned mothers she knew broke into raucous laughter when she complained that she might be bored while her newborn napped all day. Perhaps she’d brush up on her French, remodel a few rooms, or maybe learn to quilt? Now a mom of two active boys, she is wiser, and has learned the fine art of typing a research paper at 1:30 am while nursing a baby, and, perhaps more importantly, the ability to laugh at her pre-baby image of life as a mother

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Oh my god, what a beautiful, honest, raw article! I LOVED reading every word ~ I admit it made me teary, especially the part where she pretends she’s an old woman talking to a young mama. THANK YOU for sharing this article ~ I plan to share it now too. 😉

Glad you liked it!! 🙂 It’s a really wonderful article. I loved every part of it.

Mommiesq
on January 19, 2012 at 9:54 am

Great article! I love the honesty and can so relate…

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